KCNA Cloud Native Observability Practice Question
In OpenTelemetry, which component is responsible for receiving, processing, and exporting telemetry data from multiple sources?
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Why each option matters
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OpenTelemetry Collector
The OpenTelemetry Collector is a vendor-agnostic agent that receives, processes, and exports telemetry data.
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OpenTelemetry Collector
Why this is correct
The Collector is a pipeline component for receiving, processing, and exporting data.
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OpenTelemetry SDK
Why it's wrong here
SDK is used for instrumentation, not data collection.
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OpenTelemetry Exporter
Why it's wrong here
Exporters send data to backends, but the Collector orchestrates the pipeline.
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OpenTelemetry API
Why it's wrong here
API defines interfaces for instrumentation.
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